Articles by Interactive Brokers
Dollar selling climbs after Trichet accepts rollover plan
6/7/2011, 9:42 am from Interactive Brokers in Investing, Forex and Currencies
Open season on the dollar continues to keep the bulls at bay. A
top Chinese official stumbled across portfolio theory and warned
against the danger of failing to diversify. German... Read >>
Yen pops higher as risk aversion rises
6/6/2011, 9:42 am from Interactive Brokers in Investing, Forex and Currencies
The dollar continued to flounder at the outset of a quiet start
to a new trading week as investors continue to fret over the
implication for growth from the creation of a meager 54,000... Read >>
Dollar and yen ahead before U.S. payrolls
6/3/2011, 9:11 am from Interactive Brokers in Investing, Forex and Currencies
Ahead of Friday's U.S. employment report traders have itchy
fingers with few daring to fire meaningful shots. Tension was
elevated following an ADP report showing private employers... Read >>
Have a cigar
6/2/2011, 9:41 am from Interactive Brokers in Investing, Forex and Currencies
Moody's latest ratings downgrade for Greece brings the nation's
credit-worthiness to the same level as Cuba and puts default as
likely as the outcome of a coin toss. For an advanced... Read >>
Resolution in sight buoys euro
6/1/2011, 9:41 am from Interactive Brokers in Investing, Forex and Currencies
Investors are seemingly immune whenever negative news appears
showing their stronger will to drive risk forward than backwards.
Hopes for a somewhat lasting resolution to the problem of how... Read >>
Investors eye riskier bets – stocks up, dollar down
5/31/2011, 9:41 am from Interactive Brokers in Investing, Forex and Currencies
It's amazing what a drop of sunshine will do to sentiment.
Investors returned from a long three-day weekend to find global
equity markets surging on optimism that an advancing global... Read >>
Euro ends week on a firmer footing
5/27/2011, 9:41 am from Interactive Brokers in Investing, Forex and Currencies
A potentially lethal week for Europe's single currency is
heading to a positive end for the unit as fears of a crash in its
fortunes have lost momentum. As the biggest bond holder in... Read >>
Dollar takes a beating following tepid jobs and growth data
5/26/2011, 10:10 am from Interactive Brokers in Investing, Forex and Currencies
Lesser worries over disruptions to the global growth scenario
and hopes that sovereign woes may enhance the appeal of European
government bonds to savvy yield-hungry Asian investors has... Read >>
Pound lifted by in-line growth data
5/25/2011, 8:41 am from Interactive Brokers in Investing, Forex and Currencies
The necessary evil of a Greek default continues to hang overhead
like the Sword of Damocles with some wishing for its fall given the
prospect of its removal seems less likely. This year's... Read >>
Steady as she goes for the euro
5/24/2011, 10:40 am from Interactive Brokers in Investing, Forex and Currencies
When the single European currency unit was initially launched
more than a decade ago it was nicknamed the "toilet currency" by
bearish traders full of disdain for its prospects. Their... Read >>